verb
- Become technologically advanced.
- usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
- Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.
- usage: "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). modernise. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/modernise/definitions/1295493 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "modernise" http://smartdefine.org/modernise/definitions/1295493 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, modernise, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/modernise/definitions/1295493>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "modernise" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/modernise/definitions/1295493> |